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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Mount Harrison via Cove Mountain Trail

13 mi · ▲ 2,583 ft · 5 hr 37 min

Mount Harrison via Cove Mountain Trail is a 13-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Chalet Village, TN. The route reaches Mount Harrison. It climbs 2,583 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,008 – 4,026 ft · steepest grade: 16%13.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 35.70394, -83.53996
Nearest town Chalet Village, TN
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Mount Harrison via Cove Mountain Trail

13 mi · ▲ 2,583 ft · 5 hr 37 min

Elevation 2,008–4,027 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: 35.70394, -83.53996

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Cove Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  3. 4 miPass Mount Harrison.
  4. 1.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  5. 1.3 miReach Mount Harrison, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 6.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mount-harrison-out-back-2ed9

Trail surface

84% dirt16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:10 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.0 mi in (~211 min). Leave by 4:07 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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